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A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
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A huge wooden flying-boat prototype that made one brief flight in 1947.
The second-generation Harrier, designed around vectored thrust and short-field operation.
A two-seat light amphibian with a compact boat hull and a pusher propeller.
A four-engine Airbus wide-body developed in parallel with the A330.
A two-seat composite light-aircraft family with a high wing and a compact enclosed cabin.
A stretched development of the DC-9 with rear-mounted engines and a five-abreast cabin.
A small observation-helicopter family with a rounded cabin and compact rotor system.
A personal jet with one engine above the rear fuselage and a distinctive V-tail.
A DC-10-derived tanker that combined aerial refuelling with passenger and cargo transport.
A long-haul twin whose family spans passenger, freight and specialist transport roles.
A streamlined twin-engine helicopter with a Fenestron tail rotor and retractable landing gear.
A full-length double-deck airliner built for very high passenger capacity.
Cessna's retractable-gear Centurion, a high-wing touring aircraft.
A modern two-seat piston helicopter designed around the training role.
A wartime fighter developed from the earlier Curtiss P-36.
A short-haul jet family that evolved through several generations of engines, wings and flight decks.
A twin-engine utility helicopter with roots in the BK 117 and EC145 families.
A utility piston twin designed for commuter and specialist transport missions.
Grumman’s small twin-engine amphibian: a flying boat with retractable wheels and a life spanning wartime service, private travel and seaplane training.
The Mitchell medium bomber, named for aviation advocate Billy Mitchell.
A small two-seat piston helicopter with a two-bladed main rotor.
A 1920s transport family that developed from a single-engine airliner into a trimotor.
A tandem-seat utility aircraft whose light structure and high wing suit bush, towing and recreational work.
A heavy transport helicopter whose two large rotors remove the need for a tail rotor.
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